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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Illinois rates for HCPCS 64727

Using an operating microscope, the surgeon opens the outer sheath of a nerve and separates the fine bundles inside it from scar tissue that is squeezing them. It is done as part of a larger operation to release a trapped or scarred nerve. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$1,542

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$178 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$631 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $178 to $5,370Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $380
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Illinois· 32nd of 49

$1,542

$224 physician + $1,318 facility

NJ $5,093WV $348

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.